Brunswick County sheriff’s deputies arrested a Southport man accused of trafficking cocaine and possessing other drugs.

Kevin Connor Kortright, 27, of Marsh Grove Lane is charged with trafficking cocaine, possession with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver marijuana, possession with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver methamphetamine, maintaining a dwelling for a controlled substance and misdemeanor charges of simple possession of a schedule III controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.

GenX tests taken in the last two weeks of 2017 showed contaminants dropped to levels reported before The Chemours Co. reported an Oct. 6 spill to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality.

Chemours was first found discharging GenX from its Fayetteville Works facility into the Cape Fear River, from which Brunswick County draws its drinking water, in June 2017

The Brunswick Regional Water and Sewer District H2GO board returned to H2GO offices for its Jan. 25 meeting after two months of meeting in the Leland Middle School cafeteria.

Superior Court Judge Thomas A. Lock ruled Dec. 13 to uphold a temporary restraining order freezing the conveyance of the water and sewer system and its real and personal property to Belville and any action on building the reverse osmosis plant at least through January, so the new board handled day to day business during its first meeting of 2018.

State statute 160A-58.1 requires the town to investigate the petition and provide board members with a Certificate of Sufficiency to ensure the voluntary annexation petition was signed by all the property owners to be able to set a public hearing on the annexation.

LELAND — Leland began its Parks, Recreation and Open Space Master Plan update last week by hosting representatives from Greenplay LLC, the contractor that will develop the plan.

The contractor met Jan. 23-24 with focus groups that Leland operation services director Niel Brooks said were made up of 45 residents and stakeholders, including business owners, who answered questions about the local needs.

The Greenplay group then hosted a public meeting during the Jan. 24 parks and recreation board meeting to allow residents to elaborate on parks and rec needs.